The parks group fighting to keep the Lucas Museum off of Chicago’s lakefront says a last-ditch legal effort by the city is quote “a significant waste of judicial resources.” WBEZ’s Patrick Smith reports.
City spokesman says city will test tap water in homes where children report high lead levels in blood because of heightened attention, and to confirm that lead-based paint is most likely source of elevated levels in children.
If you’re a man in the Cook County jail and you’re found not guilty, you don’t get to go home right away. Former inmates say the policy put them in danger.
Despite the political controversy, retired judge Abner Mikva - Garland’s former boss - says he believes Garland stands “a reasonable chance” of being confirmed.
Christopher Abernathy spent almost three decades in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit. His sentence was vacated last year thanks to DNA evidence, now he’s suing the people who helped put him in prison.